Heartland

Directors' Cut Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Museum release, from our cellar to yours. This wine has been ageing away in our cellar and are drinking exceptionally now. Should you be able to resist these wines can be cellared for years to come.

100% Cabernet Sauvignon from vines aged 70+ years, grown on sandy loam soils in Langhorne Creek. The old vine fruit is the cornerstone of this wine’s character. The fruit was harvested at night to retain freshness. Initial skin contact was followed by seven days of cool fermentation with our Rhône isolate yeast and hand-plunging three times daily. Maturation then occurred in new oak hogsheads (both French and American) for approximately 14 months.
The 2014 vintage of Directors’ Cut Cabernet Sauvignon does not lack fruit intensity and depth. However, it is the colour that first attracts the attention, while the notes of spice and classic Cabernet structure dominate the aromas. The palate offers fresh blueberry, rhubarb and plum jam, with a nuanced and complex character in flavor profile and finish. This may be the longest lasting effort to date.